Shiva's Waterfront Temples
Architects and Their Audiences in Medieval India
$115.20
- Hardcover
300 pages
- Release Date
23 August 2022
Summary
This handsomely illustrated volume explores the medieval Deccani temple complexes at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pattadakal, with careful attention to their makers.
The vibrant red sandstone temples of India’s Deccan Plateau, such as the Pattadakal temple cluster, have attracted visitors since the eighth century or earlier. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the coronation place of the Chalukya dynasty, Pattadakal and its neighboring sites are of major historical importance. In
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300258943 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0300258941 |
| Author: | Subhashini Kaligotla |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 23 August 2022 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 254mm |
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Recipient of the 2024 Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award, sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians
Finalist for the 2021 American Institute of Indian Studies Book Prize
Awarded College Art Association’s Millard Meiss Publishing Grant (2020)
Awarded a publication grant from the Ludo and Rosane Rocher Foundation for Classical Indology (2020)
“Shiva’s Waterfront Temples raises important new questions at the cutting edge of Indian art historical research and explores them with impressive erudition, creativity, and thoughtful curiosity.”—Richard Davis, Bard College
“Kaligotla’s compelling critique of the traditional, geography-based categories used to define Indian architecture allows for a better understanding of the ingenuity exhibited by medieval Decanni architects.”—Robert DeCaroli, George Mason University
Subhashini Kaligotla
Subhashini Kaligotla is Barbara Stoler Miller Associate Professor of Indian and South Asian Art in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.
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